"With an air of National Treasure, or Pier Paul Reads' novel, Death of a Pope, the reader plunges into political controversy, chase scenes, a coded message, and an exposition on Marian apparitions."- Anne Marie Hauge Catholic Fiction.net"A Powerful book of adventure and faith" - FRANK SCHAEFFER, New York Times best selling author of fiction and nonfiction"A fast-paced, tightly-plotted religious mystery with genuine spirituality at its core."
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James L. Carney has been a Catholic catechist for more than ten years. He is an honors graduate of Spring Hill College and a graduate of Harvard Law School. Jim is a former assistant professor of law and assistant dean. He is an award-winning essayist on the subject of the morality of nuclear war and has lectured at the U.S. Army Chaplains' School. He is the author of "The Seton Miracles, Weeping Statues and Other Wonders", and "Mystery Stories: A Journey Through the Rosary".

Mrs. Christine Watkins, MTS, LCSW, formerly an anti-Christian atheist, converted to Catholicism after receiving a miraculous healing from Jesus through Mary, which saved her from death. Moving away from her previous life as a professional ballet dancer with the San Francisco Ballet Company, she began a life of service to the Church and now has over ten years experience as a spiritual director, licensed counselor, retreat leader, and popular inspirational speaker. She has been featured on the radio and the FOCUS Television Network, and her remarkable new book, Full of Grace: Miraculous Stories of Healing and Conversion through Mary’s Intercession,is now a best-seller for Ave Maria Press

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Christina Georgotas has just completed a sensational new documentary about the events taking place in Medjugorje.
The film,“Queen of Peace”, is the first documentary produced by Bambiina Productions. Interweaving never-before-seen archival footage from the early days of the apparitions, with exclusive interviews with the visionaries themselves, “Queen of Peace” give an unparalleled account of the events taking place in Medjugorje.
To learn more about the documentary go to http://medjfilms.com/

Brother John M. Samaha - SM

Brother John belongs to the Pacific Province of the Marianists, and is currently working at Villa St Joseph in Cupertino, Calif. Previously he was engaged in high school and adult education in the western states and Lebanon. He is a member and officer of the Mariological Society of America

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Davide A. Bianchini has recently entered seminay at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis, Mo.
Davide has done some amazing work for the Blessed Mother and Medjugorje . His contributions at www.medjugorje-apologia.com are considered a leading academic resource

I did not know it at the time but the Catholic Church was the destination I had been searching for from the moment the miracle took place
at the hospital.

My son is alive and well but it is only through the true
intervention of a miracle and a desperate prayer to Jesus Christ over twenty
years ago that saved his life.

My son was born two and one half months premature. He was born the
day before our first “Lamaze” class.My
son was given his last rites the night he was born. But he fought hard that
night and made it through to the next morning. He was not breathing on his own –
oxygen was pumped into his tiny body by machines - and the incredible staff worked
tirelessly around the clock trying to save his life. My son's vitals were like a
roller coaster – a few hours of improvement were followed by crashes, manic
activity, and prayer.

My father was a well known pediatrician in town and he
stopped by the neonatal intensive care unit every chance he got to check on his grandson's progress. About four days
into the fight for my son’s life, my father, doing rounds at the hospital, came by in the afternoon to lend
his support and expertise. As we talked quietly about the previous,
night a swarm of nurses and the head neonatologist surrounded
my son's ventilation unit - the little cocoon that was keepinghim alive.

My father sensed something was very wrong and walked
over to the swarm to investigate. I could not bear to watch. Prior to my son’s birth I was not very religious.
I did not go to church regularly, if at all – I did pull out the bible from time to time and read
the Gospels to try and discern what the fuss was all about – that was about it.
But like the saying goes - “there are no atheists in foxholes” - from the moment the doctors told me my son was very sick, I found myself in a foxhole, and I
turned to prayer as my first born fought for his life.

I noticed my father was locked
in an intense conversation with the medical team and then I saw him shake his head. He stepped away from the group and then walked towards me with tears in his eyes - the look on his face made my
stomach collapse. I thought, no, it can’t be; not now. My son had fought too hard, but
my father’s look said it all – it was over. I turned away from my father and stared at the
walls. And then I prayed in a way I had never prayed in my life. I prayed directly to Jesus and I asked him, right
then, for a miracle – I asked him to save my son’s life with all my heart and what little I had left in my soul. It is at this point of
my story where it does not matter what other people think or believe. I
know what happened. I felt what happened. What happened next was tangible and real. At that moment, the moment my son had basically stopped living, I understood that
miracles do occur, because right then I felt a warmth come over me, then a
rush of something powerful and real entered the room. The best way for me to
describe it is that it reminded me of the Pentecost- It reminded of the rush of
wind that met the Blessed Mother and the apostles in the upstairs room as the
Holy Spirit descended upon them. I had
never felt anything like that in my life. One thing for certain is that I knew
it was something real.

As the warmth faded and my attentions
returned back to the sad realities, my father walked back towards my son’s
ventilation unit. More activity – I could
sense hope – I could sense, suddenly, the fight was back on – oxygen was returning
to my son’s brain. His vital signs returned from a place that everybody in that
room knew you could not come back from. My son was going to live a little
longer. And indeed my son did live a little longer. He is now six feet tall and
strong as a ox.

As I was driving home on the night of the miracle, I thought about the
warmth I felt in the hospital as my son was dying. I thought about my prayer and how it was followed by the real presence of God and Jesus Christ.

That night I
pulled out the Bible and I searched for the words “Seek and you shall find, ask
and you shall receive.” I had “asked” for
something big that afternoon and I received more than any man deserved. And so
it was that night I made a promise to seek Him - to seek out the path God wants us to follow.
It took me many years and many dead ends but finally the Blessed Mother at Fatima
led me to the Catholic Church and there the truth of Jesus Christ was revealed to me. I had found Christ through Mary.